Montezuma News

Sometimes, living in a small town really astounds me. As most of you may know, I have been working at Sumter Humane Society since January 2009.

Priester's Pecans was closed Thursday, according to a sign at the entrance, but you couldn't tell that from all the cars, trucks and trailers in the parking lot.

David Hester of Summerville recently won $31,155 dollars in Fantasy 5 from the Georgia Lottery.

The Beaver Creek Festival is Montezuma's annual heritage observation. It was first celebrated in 1994.

One central Georgia bed and breakfast innkeeper is gaining national attention for hospitality.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation's Americus office is investigating a feticide.

A man drowned in the Flint River Friday night. Macon County Coroner, Grover Barfield, says it happened around 8:00 p.m. Barfield says a father and son were in a boat on the river between Montezuma and Oglethorpe.

Montezuma officials accepted a community development grant check for almost $500,000 Friday.

Yours truly was fortunate enough to stop by Costa Rica in July, taking a week to check out the white-faced monkeys and double overhead waves that are so sorely lacking on the east coast of the U.S. After spending a couple days in San Jose, Costa Rica's capital and largest city, my traveling companions and I grew restless.

Authorities searched for the accused killer last August following a deadly stabbing.

Macon County is looking for an accused killer who escaped from the county jail. That's according to Trebor Randle, assistant agent in charge of the GBI office in Americus.

Bouvelard, LaCross Road, Felder Street, Barbara Battle Way, Tabby Street, Tripp Street, Arch Helms Road, U.S. Highway 19 North, North Jefferson Street and South Dudley Street.

Montezuma will be featured in five segments of WMGT's Middle Georgia Pride series from at 6 p.m. July 27-31. The Channel 41 NBC affiliate in Macon created the series to showcase 10 Middle Georgia cities in 10 weeks.

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Investigators from the Peach County Sheriff's Office and the GBI filed additional charges in their case against Lillian Walker during her first appearance hearing Monday.

GBI investigators arrested a Montezuma woman Friday night and charged her with two counts of murder in connection with the deaths of two women in Fort Valley, authorities said.

Editor's Note: Every Friday a list of local and area upcoming entertainment and cultural events will be published on the Steppin' Out page in the Times-Recorder. To submit information for this listing, please send to Steppin' Out, c/o Americus Times-Recorder, P.O. Box 1247, Americus, GA 31709, or fax to 928-6344 or e-mail to ...

Local market brings new meaning to word 'comfort food' Becky Holland The Americus Times-Recorder MONTEZUMA - Traveling Ga.

MONTEZUMA Twenty-seven young artists helped the Montezuma Downtown Development Authority celebrate the buildings that have been the scenes of the town's history since the early 1850s.

South Georgia Technical College President Sparky Reeves announced that the following area students were named to the SGTC President's List for Winter Quarter 2009.